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Group J round-up

Image: Luiz Adriano: Shakhtar star

Defending champions Shakhtar Donetsk continue to set a punishing pace at the top of Group J.

Luiz Adriano and Perisic prove to be the heroes

Defending champions Shakhtar Donetsk continue to set a punishing pace at the top of Europa League Group J, while Club Brugge picked up their first win on Thursday. Shakhtar had scored four goals in their two previous games and they repeated the feat when thumping Ligue 1 side Toulouse 4-0. Fernandinho opened the scoring from the penalty spot after just eight minutes at Donetsk's Donbass Arena and Luiz Adriano then added a second on 24 minutes. Tomas Hubschman scored a third six minutes before half-time and Luiz Adriano netted his brace after the interval. Brugge recorded a 2-0 win over Partizan Belgrade in Belgium as Ivan Perisic scored twice (4 and 58), while the forward also missed a penalty.